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The 50th celebration of Earth Day isn't over yet. A group of rock stars will (virtually) get together on Sunday (April 26) to give Mother Earth one more squeeze when they take part in Pathway to Paris Earth Day 50: A Virtual Festival for Our Planet on Instagram Live. The virtual livestream festival will take place at 4:00 p.m. EST. The event is slated to feature Michael Stipe, Patti Smith, Re

The stream is being set up by Pathway To Paris, who are working to halt climate change

ICM Partners has made its first major move since taking on its first private equity investment three months ago. The company has acquired London-based music agency Primary Talent International, which books for more than 900 artists, including alt-J, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Daft Punk, Dave, Dropkick Murphys, Justice, Lana del Rey, Noel Gallagher, Patti Smith, Phoenix, Stormzy, The 1975, The Cure, The Pussycat Dolls and Two Door Cinema Club.

ICM Partners has made its first major move since taking on its first private equity investment three months ago. The company has acquired London-based music agency Primary Talent International, which books for more than 900 artists, inclu

By Andreas Wiseman

Pearl Jam, Billy Idol and Patti Smith will perform at the 2020 Sea.Hear.Now Festival, held on September 19th and 20th at New Jersey’s Asbury Park.

Patti Smith has had a way with words ever since her first songs, poems and novels made a mark in the '70s, and this year, she'll receive the PEN America Literary Service Award.She will be honored at the PEN America Literary Gala, an annual event that celebrates freedom of expression through writing and its power to shape humane values.

Patti Smith is being awarded the 2020 PEN Literary Service Award, Rolling Stone reports. The award annually recognizes an author who write about “the human condition.” Previous recipients include Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison, and Bob Woodward. Smith will receive the award at PEN’s annual gala on May 19 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

He was the co-writer of 'Dancing Barefoot'

Michael Stipe was a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (January 30). During his visit, Stipe chatted about Patti Smith, Donald Trump, his favorite Radiohead song, Greta Thunberg, and more. Watch Stipe’s full interview below.

Yesterday (January 9), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon welcomed both Will and Patti Smith. After Will Smith and Fallon rapped a history of Will Smith, Patti Smith showed up to discuss her new book Year of the Monkey, read a poem, discuss being a jerk to Bob Dylan, and cover Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush.” Watch it happen below.